The Barona Inter-Tribal Dictionary

The Barona Cultural Center and Museum in Lakeside, California is currently presenting an exhibit entitled "More Than Words: 'Iipay Aa Tiipay Aa Uumall, The Barona Inter-Tribal Dictionary." The exhibit highlights the first publication of Barona Museum Press, the 696-page Barona Inter-Tribal Dictionary. According to the museum's website, "The Barona people suffered severe language loss through the mission system, boarding schools, urbanization, and assimilation projects. This exhibition features the Museum programs dedicated to cultural preservation and revitalization including the new Language Preservation Program. The exhibition traces the history of the Pai branch of the Yman languages, and gives comparisons on Hokan language in a worldwide context." For more information on the exhibit, visit the San Diego Visitors Bureau at http://www.sandiego.org/event/Visitors/6369; the museum's website (under construction) is http://www.baronamuseum.org/. (The picture shows Barona Tribal Chairman Edwin “Thorpe” Romero, Barona Tribal Councilwoman Beth Glasco, Larry Echo Hawk of the BIA and Barona Tribal Councilmember Charles “Beaver” Curo.)

Happy Birthday, Noah!

Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758 -- 250 years ago. Celebration events have been arranged by the Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society; for details see http://noahwebster250.org/250th_events.htm.

A graduate of Yale College, class of 1778, Webster is commemorated in the exhibition "Noah Webster: American Patriot and Yale Loyalist," which is displayed in Sterling Memorial Library through the end of November. For details see http://www.library.yale.edu/librarynews/2008/09/noah_webster_american_patriot.html, and also a related article by Judith Ann Schiff, "The Yalie Behind the American Dictionary," Yale Alumni Magazine, September-October 2008, 24-25, archived at http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2008_09/old_yale.html.